Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

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snowopolis
Posts: 6
Joined: 1. Sep 2010, 20:15
Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: XP & Vista

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Post by snowopolis »

I've been using VirtualBox on my Mac 10.6.4 machine without problem. This morning when I launched it I got a dialog with the following error:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully.


At first I thought my virtual hd was corrupted but all my virtual machines are ending the same way. This dialog comes up really fast.

Anyone else see this?


Additional info:

Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Machine
Interface:
IMachine {6d9212cb-a5c0-48b7-bbc1-3fa2ba2ee6d2}
snowopolis
Posts: 6
Joined: 1. Sep 2010, 20:15
Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: XP & Vista

Re: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Post by snowopolis »

The only thing I can find that has changed on my Mac is that it took two updates yesterday (8/31/2010).

Snow Leopard Graphics Update 1.0
Security Update 2010-005 1.0

I know VirtualBox was working yesterday before I took these updates. I don't see anyway to revert these updates. Not sure if they're involved or not.
snowopolis
Posts: 6
Joined: 1. Sep 2010, 20:15
Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: XP & Vista

Re: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Post by snowopolis »

I reinstalled VirtualBox and the app started working again.
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